Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:29 pm Post subject: A rose by any other name is still a rose

Greetings Blank Canvas,
Back in June you were asking about 'reproducing' a rose which grows in a ditch close to you and produces lovely flowers in June. You kinda went no further with the thread so can I get you back on it. If that rose has 'hips' now in November, save a fist of hips and stick em in pots (one per pot) and bury the pots up to their necks in the garden. If they grow plant out the pots next spring and see what happens. It is extremely likely that a rose growing in a ditch is of a self-sufficient variety.

If you did actually take cuttings last June, I'd be very interested to know whether they 'took' and how they're progressing. Sometimes roses like yours are very old strains no longer available on the market (if they ever were)_________________Retired trouble-maker. twitters @walltoall and dreams of being promoted to Pedunculate Oaker.

I took cuttings from an old rose bush during the summer, stuck them in pots of compost and they have started to grow. There were new leaves a few weeks ago. It wasn't exactly a wild rose as it was growing in the yard of an old derelict house belonging to my granduncle. Its there as long as I remember, loaded with deep pink flowers. So hopefully it continues to grow.

I also took fuschia cuttings during the summer and 3 of them flowered about 2 weeks ago. I was delighted.

Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2009 12:22 am Post subject: A rose by any other name is still a rose

Michelle,
I'll be very interested to hear how your cuttings will turn out as roses. We'll have to wait til at least next May. Your cuttings will grow and they will thrive. The question is will they produce the same roses as the parent plant. My guess is they won't. They should revert to a dog rose if (Even 40 years ago) the original was produced by grafting. I'll watch this space. And thank you for the observation.
Shaun_________________Retired trouble-maker. twitters @walltoall and dreams of being promoted to Pedunculate Oaker.

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